Person in history
Suleman octuplets
The Suleman octuplets
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2009 · January 26
- Age this year
- 17No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 17th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
The Suleman octuplets are six males and two females, conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) and subsequently born to Nadya Suleman on January 26, 2009, in Bellflower, California. Residing in Lancaster, California, they are the first known octuplets to survive their infancy. The extremely controversial circumstances of their high-order multiple birth have led to debates in the field of assisted reproductive technology and an investigation by the Medical Board of California of the fertility specialist involved…
Early life
Family Paternity claims Suleman's mother stated that a single sperm donor named David Solomon [ 1 ] was used to produce the octuplets as well as her previous six children. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Suleman stated that she dated David once, but then realized that she only wanted him to father her children and not to pursue any relationship with him. [ 4 ] The octuplets' grandfather and others have accused Suleman of making up a fictitious David Solomon,
Why this date
Suleman octuplets appears on our January 26 calendar for 2009 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2009.
- January 26Antananarivo
- June 19Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- November 23Maguindanao massacre
- November 1Ilyushin Il-76
- June 18Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
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- 2009Hala FinleyMay 18
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- 2009Leah JeffriesSeptember 25
- 2009Lumi PollackJanuary 18
- 2009Shaylee MansfieldApril 6
- 2009Valentina (French singer)April 6
Sources
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“Suleman octuplets”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/suleman-octuplets, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Suleman octuplets
When was Suleman octuplets born?
January 26 2009.
How old would Suleman octuplets be today?
17 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on January 26?
Darya Astakhova, Hwang Hee-chan, Zakaria Bakkali and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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